Germe, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 22097)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 179–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated ca. 179–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22097. Obverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.9 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΙЄΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22097
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22097
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 382-384
- external concordance
Research required
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